Cardinal Awards

May 03, 2011

Congratulations to The Daily Cardinal's sports columnist and incoming managing editor Nico Savidge, who won the National Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence Award in sports column writing:

April 12, 2011

INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce the Region 6 Mark of Excellence Award winners for the 2010 calendar year. This year, the contest received almost 4,000 entries.

The honorees were awarded certificates on April 9 during the Region 6 SPJ Spring Conference held in Bloomington, Minn. First place regional winners will advance to the national round of judging. National winners will be announced in early May.

The Cardinal's winners were:

Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper• Second Place: The Daily Cardinal, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Editorial Writing• Third Place: The Daily Cardinal, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Feature Writing• Second Place: The Daily Cardinal Features Entry – by Allison Dirr, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Sports Column Writing• First Place: Nico Savidge, University of Wisconsin-Madison.• Second Place: Ben Breiner, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Cardinal staffers won awards for breaking news photography, editorial cartooning, in-depth reporting, general news reporting and sports column writing. The Cardinal also took second place in the best all-around daily paper contest.

September 26, 2007

The Daily Cardinal has been nominated for three national Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Awards, which recognize the best student journalism in the country. The winners of the contest will be announced at the National College Media Conference in Washington, D.C. October 24-28, 2007.

The Cardinal is a finalist for ACP Newspaper Pacemaker in the "four-year daily newspapers" category.

Additionally, these individuals have been nominated:

2007 ACP Design of the Year Finalist: Erik Opsal

2007 ACP Cartooning Awards Finalist: Phil Hands

Check back to this space to see the results. Congratulations to the staff!